Wimbledon wildcards 2023 - women

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

RE: Wimbledon wildcards 2023 - women

Lambda · Challenger level

There are no more women left in Surbiton that are in the Wimbledon main draw. So the winner will take 1 WC. But will it be one of the Katies that would get a WC anyway? Or it could be Lily's best chance of getting a WC.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

I just thought I'd post up last year's wildcards, to have a 'base, so to speak (I think this was the last permutation, it's from the Wimbledon site, but I know they get altered along the way so please correct if it wasn't the absolute final version)

2022

LADIES' SINGLES
1 Katie BOULTER (GBR)
2 Jodie BURRAGE (GBR)
3 Sonay KARTAL (GBR)
4 Yuriko MIYAZAKI (GBR)
5 Daria SAVILLE (AUS)
6 Katie SWAN (GBR)
7 Serena WILLIAMS (USA)
8 Not used - Next direct acceptance

LADIES' QUALIFYING SINGLES
1 Anna BROGAN (GBR)
2 Sarah Beth GREY (GBR)
3 Ella MCDONALD (GBR)
4 Talia NEILSON GATENBY (GBR)
5 Eden SILVA (GBR)
6 Ranah Akua STOIBER (GBR)
7 Mingge XU (GBR)
8 Not used - Next direct acceptance
9 Not used - Next direct acceptance

LADIES' DOUBLES
1 Naiktha BAINS (GBR) and Maia LUMSDEN (GBR)
2 Alicia BARNETT (GBR) and Olivia NICHOLLS (GBR)
3 Jodie BURRAGE (GBR) and Eden SILVA (GBR)
4 Harriet DART (GBR) and Heather WATSON (GBR)
5 Sarah Beth GREY (GBR) and Yuriko MIYAZAKI (GBR)
6 Sonay KARTAL (GBR) and Nell MILLER (GBR)
7 Not used - Next direct acceptance

emmsie69 · Top national player

So Svitolina hasn't used a SR to get into Wimbledon? Odd or is she being a little cynical (or maybe I am) and expecting WCs this year because of the situation in the Ukraine and thus saving her SR for tournaments next year.

Lambda · Challenger level

emmsie69 wrote:

So Svitolina hasn't used a SR to get into Wimbledon? Odd or is she being a little cynical (or maybe I am) and expecting WCs this year because of the situation in the Ukraine and thus saving her SR for tournaments next year.

I think her WC would have been agreed before the entry deadline. The committee would have been talking a lot to the Ukrainian players about the entry criteria this year and the support on offer to them, so there would have been opportunity to bring up WCs in those discussions. That saves her remaining GS WC for the USO, although as it turns out she no longer needs to use a SR to get direct entry to the USO. Otherwise, had it not been agreed, it would be a very expensive bet to not enter and gamble on getting a WC.

emmsie69 · Top national player

Lambda wrote:
emmsie69 wrote:

So Svitolina hasn't used a SR to get into Wimbledon? Odd or is she being a little cynical (or maybe I am) and expecting WCs this year because of the situation in the Ukraine and thus saving her SR for tournaments next year.

I think her WC would have been agreed before the entry deadline. The committee would have been talking a lot to the Ukrainian players about the entry criteria this year and the support on offer to them, so there would have been opportunity to bring up WCs in those discussions. That saves her remaining GS WC for the USO, although as it turns out she no longer needs to use a SR to get direct entry to the USO. Otherwise, had it not been agreed, it would be a very expensive bet to not enter and gamble on getting a WC.

Sounds perfectly reasonable except another Ukrainian could have had that WC and Svitolina use her SR.

Although looking at the rankings the next one would be Yastremska so maybe not

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

As jb288 says, that's pretty much got to be a Quali WC for Emily App, surely?

Some excellent performances on grass

indiana · Tennis legend

Has anyone seen the Wimbledon WC guidance for this year?

Normally they indicate that they will award a maximum of 8 initial WCs to GB women players ( same with the the men ) prior to the QWC play-offs - ie. a maximum of 8.MD plus Q WCs

That has been stretched to 9 or 10 in a couple of years and then clearly others are later added including the Guaranteed 2 from the play-offs.

Just folk are putting forward a lot of candidates.

-- Edited by indiana on Sunday 11th of June 2023 02:59:09 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

indiana wrote:
Has anyone seen the Wimbledon WC guidance for this year?

Normally they indicate that they will award a maximum of 8 initial WCs to GB women players ( same with the the men ), prior to the QWC play-offs - ie. a maximum of 8.MD plus Q WCs

That has been stretched to 9 or 10 in a couple of years and then clearly others are later added including the Guaranteed 2 from the play-offs.

Just folk are putting forward a lot of candidates.

Isn't it 8 MD and 9 Qs like normal?

I was assuming it was... as per last year above and normal....

indiana · Tennis legend

Coup Droit wrote:
indiana wrote:
Has anyone seen the Wimbledon WC guidance for this year?

Normally they indicate that they will award a maximum of 8 initial WCs to GB women players ( same with the the men ), prior to the QWC play-offs - ie. a maximum of 8.MD plus Q WCs

That has been stretched to 9 or 10 in a couple of years and then clearly others are later added including the Guaranteed 2 from the play-offs.

Just folk are putting forward a lot of candidates.
Isn't it 8 MD and 9 Qs like normal?

I was assuming it was... as per last year above and normal....

Yes, it is a final maximum total of 8 MD and 9 Q WCs.

I am talking about the total ( MD + Q ) WCs awarded to British players that the LTA indicate will be initially awarded.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

OK - sorry - I never knew they actually stated what the initial cut would be or might - I thought it just depended on how many slamdunks there were and how many they were dithering about

GAMEOVER · Satellite level

emmsie69 wrote:
Lambda wrote:
emmsie69 wrote:

So Svitolina hasn't used a SR to get into Wimbledon? Odd or is she being a little cynical (or maybe I am) and expecting WCs this year because of the situation in the Ukraine and thus saving her SR for tournaments next year.

I think her WC would have been agreed before the entry deadline. The committee would have been talking a lot to the Ukrainian players about the entry criteria this year and the support on offer to them, so there would have been opportunity to bring up WCs in those discussions. That saves her remaining GS WC for the USO, although as it turns out she no longer needs to use a SR to get direct entry to the USO. Otherwise, had it not been agreed, it would be a very expensive bet to not enter and gamble on getting a WC.
Sounds perfectly reasonable except another Ukrainian could have had that WC and Svitolina use her SR.
Although looking at the rankings the next one would be Yastremska so maybe not

Not ! Yastremska has lost in the 1st round of her last 8 Grand Slam singles. Her last win in a Grand Slam singles was in the 2020 US Open before her drugs suspension in January 2021.

Lambda · Challenger level

indiana wrote:
Coup Droit wrote:
indiana wrote:
Has anyone seen the Wimbledon WC guidance for this year?

Normally they indicate that they will award a maximum of 8 initial WCs to GB women players ( same with the the men ), prior to the QWC play-offs - ie. a maximum of 8.MD plus Q WCs

That has been stretched to 9 or 10 in a couple of years and then clearly others are later added including the Guaranteed 2 from the play-offs.

Just folk are putting forward a lot of candidates.
Isn't it 8 MD and 9 Qs like normal?

I was assuming it was... as per last year above and normal....
Yes, it is a final maximum total of 8 MD and 9 Q WCs.
I am talking about the total ( MD + Q ) WCs awarded to British players that the LTA indicate will be initially awarded.

Do you mean the guidance for up to 8 recommendations that the LTA put forward to the AELTC for consideration for a WC? Last year's is still the latest.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

From Tennis365 an hour ago re Heather:

Her win over Niemeier in Nottingham will do little to boost her current ranking of 195, which will leave her needing a wild card if she is to get direct entry into this years event at SW19.

Asked whether she will have to qualify, she said: I dont know, I have applied for a wild card so I hope I get one.

Lambda · Challenger level

Coup Droit wrote:

From Tennis365 an hour ago re Heather:

Her win over Niemeier in Nottingham will do little to boost her current ranking of 195, which will leave her needing a wild card if she is to get direct entry into this years event at SW19.

Asked whether she will have to qualify, she said: I dont know, I have applied for a wild card so I hope I get one.

She's up 29 places to live 166 and brings her back to the rear of the pack. If that's not boosting her ranking I dont know what is. And whether she gets direct entry or needs a wild card was decided weeks ago, she could 'boost' her ranking to the top 50 and it still wouldn't matter a jot to needing a WC. Seriously, is that the quality of journalism from a tennis site?